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Friday, February 27, 2015

We had such a wonderful response to the giveaway - Thank you to my fellow bloggers for such a great experience!
We have a winner for our $100 gift card giveaway. Yeah! What a great way to start the weekend!
Thanks
to all of the fantastic bloggers who participated in this giveaway. It was a fun week!
Now, for the big moment. Drumroll please..........the winner of the $100 Disney gift card is
Karen Drake! Congratulations, Karen! You have an email coming your way with all the
info you need to receive your gift card.
Thanks to everyone who participated in this giveaway! Have a wonderful weekend!

Friday, February 20, 2015

Something is happening today that I am super eager to share with you! It's giveaway time and I am
excited to announce that I have teamed up with some other AWESOME bloggers to bring a $100 Disney
gift card giveaway! Who doesn't love some Disney?!
Now, let me introduce you to this awesome team of bloggers that are bringing you this fun giveaway!

Thursday, February 19, 2015

I was asked to review a new EBook. Mommy Don't You Worry is about a little boy who feels he is to "Grown Up" to hold his mommy's hand. This book has a great message and cute rhymes that will keep any child interested. As a parent, I live with the fear of one of my daughter's getting lost in a public place. I have already shared this with my three year old. The mommy in the story is doing her best to keep her little boy safe in public but they get separated. It is the message that the little boy remembers from his mommy that helps him out of trouble.

Great message for children and an easy way for parents to share a lesson! You can purchase this book for yourself on Amazon at a great price of $1.29.

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

It seems lately that I have been wrapped in in all the mundane things in life. The minutiae of the every day. I have been thinking of a way to slow things down and stop feeling like I am standing alone and watching my life speed by. There are always moments that make you stop and stand still and remember the things that matter. Work was stressful, my three year old was sick, winter was long and a hundred other things that were on my list for the week. My mom is everything that holds our family together and as a grandmother she deserves a medal. My mom is amazing and a strong woman and she has taught me so many things that I have only started to notice as I became a mother. And so when she called to tell me she found a lump in her breast and needed to get tests, my speeding world slowed down. My mom had already survived Breast cancer and melanoma so I knew she was a fighter and I found comfort in the fact that it had been so long since her first battle. What was the chance that it would be cancer again? We waited for the tests and I was more and more assured that it was just an ordinary lump and she could get it cut out and we could move on. Move back to the space where my mom was safe and borrowed time wasn't a phrase in my everyday vocabulary. Instead of a lump that could be cut out and a family that could move on, we had our worst fears realized. "The doctor called and its breast cancer." I couldn't breath. I am a wife and a mommy and in that moment I only felt like a scared little girl. I am scared for my mom and my family and for the road that my mom must travel again. She has been down the path of breast cancer and she will do it again. We are still waiting on results that will tell us the stage, prognosis and if the cancer has traveled to other places in her body. Sometimes the lessons that life teaches you can be unfair but I know that I am going to stop standing alone and watching my life pass me by. I made a promise to myself that I will not regret anymore moments or ever again refer to the everyday moments in my life as mundane. This is too important, my mom is too important. She needs me now to help clear the path that she must travel again and keep the faith and hope. For my dad, my sisters and most of all my daughters. My sweet girls who live to be with my mom. My mom who lives to be part of their lives and keeps them safe and happy for us while we work. Deep breath, prayers, moments and reveling in the everyday. And so she waits for news but not alone.

Sunday, February 15, 2015

I have been added to the Top Mommy Bloggers site and I am so please to be a part of this network. Please take a moment and vote for me, the more votes pushes me to the top for referrals and views. I appreciate every click and new reader or follower! If you want to repeat daily you can do that!

Sunday, February 8, 2015

I love Avocado. I love it mashed in guacamole, I love it sliced on a turkey sandwich and I love it as a Chunky Avocado Dip. This is so easy to make and because you flavor it with lime its easy and healthy. The nice thing about this recipe is that there are only a few ingredients and you can whip this up quickly. 3 Avocadoes3 Roma tomatoes1 Can of Mild Rotel1 Bunch of Cilantro1 Purple onion2 LimesPinch of salt and pepper Slice your Avocadoes down the middle and then remove the pit and the shell. Slice your Avocadoes into small but nice size chunks. Dice your purple onion and add it to the AvocadoesAdd the can of Rotel (do not drain)Dice the Roma tomatoes and add the other ingredients Slice up about a quarter cup of cilantro and toss with the Dip. Gently toss together without mashing the avocado and then add your pinch of salt and pepper.Squeeze the juice of 2 limes over the dip and toss again.

Chill at least 1 hour prior to serving.I always serve this as dip my family loves this on top of their tacos, with celery or just with a fork!

Warning: A good tortilla chip and a bowl of this will easily disappear. Good Luck!